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2025 Summer Intern, PhD, SWE, Metrics

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo One, a fully autonomous ride-hailing service, and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over one million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving tens of millions of miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 13+ U.S. states.

Software Engineering builds the brains of Waymo's fully autonomous driving technology. Our software allows the Waymo Driver to perceive the world around it, make the right decision for every situation, and deliver people safely to their destinations. We think deeply and solve complex technical challenges in areas like robotics, perception, decision-making and deep learning, while collaborating with hardware and systems engineers. If you're a software engineer or researcher who's curious and passionate about Level 4 autonomous driving, we'd like to meet you.

Waymo interns work alongside leaders in the industry on projects that deliver significant impact to the company. We believe learning is a two-way street: leveraging your knowledge while providing you with opportunities to expand your skill-set. Interns are an important part of our culture and our recruiting pipeline. Join us at Waymo for a fun and rewarding internship!

You will:

The intern will develop a workflow to automate and accelerate metrics validation at Waymo. They will survey the methods and tools created in the past by metrics builders, and deliver a unified infrastructure and playbook enabling an interactive analysis of metrics quality and coverage, with automated validation.

You have:

SQL experience
Python experience
C++ experience
Progress towards a PhD degree in computer science or related field
Ability to work on research projects independently

We prefer:

Data fluency and basic understanding of statistics

Note: This will be a hybrid onsite internship position. We will accept resumes on a rolling basis until the role is filled. To be in consideration for multiple roles, you will need to apply to each one individually - please apply to the top 3 roles you are interested in.

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The expected hourly rate for this full-time position is listed below. Interns are also eligible to participate in the Company’s generous benefits programs, subject to eligibility requirements.

Hourly PhD Pay

$60.10—$60.10 USD

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CEO of Waymo

Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov

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What You Should Know About 2025 Summer Intern, PhD, SWE, Metrics, Waymo

Waymo is on the hunt for a highly motivated 2025 Summer Intern specializing in PhD-level Software Engineering for Metrics in our Mountain View, CA office. As part of the team pushing the boundaries of autonomous driving technology, you’ll dive deep into developing workflows to automate and accelerate metrics validation. Picture yourself collaborating with industry leaders, where your contributions are not only recognized but essential to building The World’s Most Experienced Driver™. Your role will involve surveying and consolidating past methods and tools used by metrics builders, creating a unified infrastructure that facilitates interactive analysis of metrics quality and coverage, all while ensuring automated validation. If you possess a solid foundation in SQL, Python, and C++, coupled with ongoing progress towards your PhD in computer science or a related field, we want to meet you! Your curiosity and passion for Level 4 autonomous driving will be fostered here, where we believe learning is mutual. At Waymo, interns play a vital role in our culture and are integral to our talent pipeline. Join us for a summer of innovation, mentorship, and impactful projects – let’s redefine mobility together!

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What responsibilities come with the 2025 Summer Intern, PhD, SWE, Metrics position at Waymo?

As a 2025 Summer Intern in PhD-level Software Engineering for Metrics at Waymo, you will develop workflows to automate and accelerate metrics validation. This means surveying existing methods used by metrics builders and creating a robust infrastructure for analyzing metrics quality and coverage. Your work will involve utilizing SQL, Python, and C++, and you will have the opportunity to engage in research projects independently.